F       C       Bb        Bbm   

E|-----1E|-------|0E|-------|1E|-------|--1E|-------||
B|-----1E|-------|1E|-------|3E|-------|--2E|-------||
G|-----2E|-------|0E|-------|3E|-------|--3E|-------||
D|-----3E|-------|2E|-------|3E|-------|--3E|-------||
A|-----3E|-------|3E|-------|1E|-------|--1E|-------||
E|-----1E|-------|XE|-------|XE|-------|--XE|-------||

    Bbsus2   F/A     Gm    Dbdim   

E|-----1E|-------|--1E|-------|3E|-------|--0-----|
B|-----1E|-------|--1E|-------|3E|-------|--5-----|
G|-----3E|-------|--2E|-------|3E|-------|--6-----|
D|-----3E|-------|--3E|-------|5E|-------|--5-----|
A|-----1E|-------|--0E|-------|5E|-------|--4-----|
E|-----XE|-------|--XE|-------|3E|-------|--X-----|

         Dm       C/E      Dbdim/A      

E|E|-------|-1E|-------|--0E|-------|--0E|-------|---|
B|E|-------|-3E|-------|--1E|-------|--5E|-------|---|
G|E|-------|-2E|-------|--0E|-------|--6E|-------|---|
D|E|-------|-0E|-------|--2E|-------|--5E|-------|---|
A|E|-------|-XE|-------|--3E|-------|--0E|-------|---|
E|E|-------|-XE|-------|--0E|-------|--XE|-------|---|




F                 C
When I grow up,

          Bb
I will be tall enough to reach the branches

Bbm
That I need to reach to climb

     F                 C                      Bb
The tress you get to climb when you're grown up.



F                    C
And when I grow up,

           Bb                
I will be smart enough to answer all

     Bbm
The questions that you need to know

      F           C                Bb
The answers to before you're grown up.



Bbsus2
And when I grow up,

       F/A                        Gm
I will eat sweets every day on the way to work

                  F
And I will go to bed late every night.

Bbsus2
And I will wake up

         F/A
When the sun comes up

                   Gm
And I will watch cartoons until my eyes go square

    C                 Dbdim          
And I won't care cos I'll be all grown up,

Dm      C  Bb
When I grow up.



F                 C
When I grow up,

            Bb
I will be strong enough to carry all

      Bbm                          F
The heavy things you have to haul around with you

       C            Bb 
When you're a grown up.



F                      C
And when I grow up,

          Bb 
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures

Bbm                                F
That you have to fight beneath the bed each night

   C          Bb
To be a grown up.



Bbsus2
And when I grow up,

        F/A
I will have treats every day

         Gm
And I'll play with things that Mum pretends

     F
That mums don't think are fun.

Bbsus2
And I will wake up

         F/A
When the sun comes up

                    Gm         
And I will spend all day just lying in the sun

    C               Dbdim
And I won't care cos I'll be all grown up,

Dm   C     Bb
When I grow up.



F                     C
And when I grow up,

           Bb
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures

Bbm                              F
That you have to fight beneath the bed each night

    C         Bb
To be a grown up.
            
            Bbsus2
When I grow up...



(Bbsus2)                       
Just because you think that life's not fair, it

F/A
Doesn't meant that you just have to grin and bear it.

Gm7
If you always take it on the chin and wear it

F
Nothing will change.

Bbsus2
Just because I find myself in this story, it

F/A
Doesn't mean that everything is written for me,

Gm7
If I think the ending is fixed already

   C                        Dbdim
I might as well be saying I think that it's OK

     Dbdim/A      Dbdim        Dm
And    that's       not       right!

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